recipient with a similar mail adress cannot be invited

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Summary

I cannot invite a member foobar@foo.com to the group, because bar@foo.com is already a member

Steps to reproduce

Try to send an invite to a mail address that is similar to another group member's mail address, e.g. bar@foo.com, whereas foobar@foo.com is already a member(see summary).

Edit: Prerequisite is that there is another mail address or user already in the list of recipients! It works if bar@foo.com is the the only recipient.

Expected behavior

I expect to only see "invite bar@foo.com" as foobar@foo.com is already a member. Alternatively, I would like to see at least "invite bar@foo.com" as well as the already existing account of foobar@foo.com, so that I have the option to inviting foobar@foo.com

Actual behavior

The only possible action is to 'reinvite' foobar@foo.com, and the possibility to 'invite bar@foo.com' is neglected.

Relevant logs and/or screenshots

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Output of checks

This bug happens on GitLab.com

Results of GitLab application Check

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Results of GitLab environment info

This bug happens on GitLab.com

Possible fixes

See Expected behaviour

Edited Dec 01, 2025 by 🤖 GitLab Bot 🤖
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